Device for aligning sheets



Sept- 3, 1929. H. F. HEILEMAN 1,727,01}

DEVICE FOR ALIGNING SHEETS Filed Dec. 7, 1925 Midi/035.935; flaw/z iv]?55. m y firzrzmfifi eianarz Patented Sept. 3, 1929.

UNlTED STATES HERMAN F. HEILEMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. i

DEVICE FOR ALIGNING SHEETS.

Application filedllccember 7, 1825.

My invention relates to a device for aligning sheets, and has for itsmain object to provide such a device arranged to facilitate the aligningof carbon copy sheets with the carbon paper and with the top sheet.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 isa plan view of the device;

I Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a eross-sectional view, taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

The form of construction illustrated in the drawing comprises a sheetsupporting body or base member 6, which is preferably of sheet metal,and which may also be made of wood, cardboard, composition board,celluloid, or other material that can be stamped, cast, molded,built-up, or formed into the required shape to serve the purpose of thisinvention. The device is preferably rectangular in shape, and of a sizeto best accommodate the usual size letterhead sheets, up to 8% by 11inches, but the device is so constructed as also to accommodate largersheets and smaller sheets. If desired, the device will also be made inlarger and in smaller sizes to exactly accommodate legal size sheets andhalf-size letterheads, respectively.

The edges at the bottom end and at one side of the base member are bentup sub stantially to right angles from said member, to form upturnedflanges or stop means 7 and 8, respectively, and the corner is cut offat the junction of said flanges to provide an opening or cut awayportion 9 which allows the sheets at this corner to position themselvesmore freely. A portion is cut out at the flanged side, and also at the0pposite side, leaving indentations 10 and 11, respectively, tofacilitate grasping the sheets in lifting them from the device, and alsoto push and even up the sheets against the side flange. Theseindentations are preferably shaped semi-elliptical, but may be made ofother suitable shape, and are placed at an intermediate part of thesides, preferably slightly toward the lower end, thus also adapting thedevice to be used with Serial No. 73,590.

half sheets, as the same still overlap the indentations atthe sides.

The base member 6 is cut or sheared at an intermediate part of its upperend, preferably on a. pair of converging lines, and the out part 12 isbent down to provide a supporting leg, and the lower edge of said leg isbent over to form a supporting flange 01- foot 13. A strip of felt 14 orthe like is preferably mounted under the foot and a similar strip offelt 15 is mounted under the lower end of the base member, to preventmarring and scratching of polished desks and furniture upon which thedevice is placed. The bending down of said leg or part 12 provides anindentation 16 to facilitate pushing the sheets down against the bottomflange 7, also for lifting the sheets from the device.

'lVhen the device" is made of thin material, as sheet metal or the like,then the base is reinforced by scoring it to form stiffening ribs orreinforcing means 17 which are preferably positioned adjacent the sideindentations 10 and 11, substantially as indicated in the drawing.

With this device the stenographer will lay a copy sheet on the device,so that the sheet will rest against the bottom stop and the side stop,then lay a carbon sheet thereon in a like position, and repeating thisfor as many carbon copies as are required. The top sheet is then placedon the entire stack, all the sheets and the carbon copies being thussubstantially automatically aligned in the act of placing the same inposition on the device to engage the bottom and side stops or flanges,and the entire stack is then placed in the typewriter, thus entirelyavoiding the usual joggling and stumping of the combined stack of sheetsand carbons with their edges on the desk, as is usually done without theuse of an aligning device, and the device is thus adapted to saveconsiderable patience, time and money.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims. I

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A sheet aligning device formed of a single sheet comprising arectangular sheet metal panel provided with upstanding flanges along twoadjacent edges and against which two adjacent edges of the sheets areadapted to engage, one end of the panel being cut out and turneddownwardly at right angles to provide a bracket for sup porting one endof the panel in an elevated position and leaving an opening to permitthe sheets to be engaged by the hand to push the same against theflanges and thereby aligning them, said panel having integralreinforcing ribs.

2. A sheet aligning device formed of a single sheet of. metal,comprising a base having an integral supporting leg, a lateral flangehaving a cut away portion, and an end flange having a cut away partproviding a corner opening common to said lateral flange and tosaid endflange, for the purpose of facilitating the more free positioning of thesheets.

3. A sheet aligning device formed of a single, die-stamped ribbed sheetof metal, comprising in combination with a base, an integral leg on thebase,reinforcing base members, a sheet guiding lateral flange, an endflange'serving as a stop for said sheets,

said lateral flange and end flange having a cut away portion providing acorner opening whereby aligning of the sheets and easy positioning ofthe sheets is facilitated.

4. A device formed of a single ribbed sheet of metal for aligning sheetsof predetermined fiXed size, comprising a lateral flange having acentral cut away portion, serving to permit entrance of the hand forpositioning oft-he sheets, an end flange serving as a stop for thesheets, said end flange and said lateral flange having a cut away part,whereby the sheets may be conveniently inserted and withdrawn andautomatically aligned.

' 5. A sheet aligning device formed of a single sheet of metal,comprising in combination an inclined base, a lateral cooperating flangehaving a medial cut away portion and an end cut away portion, said endcut away opening providing a corner opening, an end flange having a cutoff part in proximity to said corner opening, whereby said lateralflange and said end flange cooperate in facilitating automatic alignmentof the sheets, an integral means to support said device in inclinedposition. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HERMAN F. HEILEMAN.

